NORMAN, Okla. - The No. 9 OU women's gymnastics squad returns to the friendly confines of the Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday at 7 p.m. as the Sooners host the Big 12 Championship for the fourth time in school history.

OU coasted through the regular season, becoming the lone NCAA squad without a loss (18-0), and is seeking its second Big 12 title (`04).

Five-time senior All-American Kiara Redmond-Sturms leads the Sooners into the championship after garnering a spot on the 2008 All-Big 12 Team in all four events, the only conference gymnast to do so.

Iowa State, Missouri and Nebraska travel to Norman in hopes of taking home the 2008 Big 12 Championship title. Defending champion Nebraska has claimed a conference-leading eight crowns (1997-99, 2001-03, `05, `07) while Iowa State's two titles (`00, '06) make up the other wins in the 11-year history of the Big 12.

The Cornhuskers enter the meet as the highest ranked opponent at No. 14 and are led by 2006 Co-Gymnast of the Year Emily Parsons who took home four titles at last year's Big 12 Championship in Columbia, Mo.

Missouri comes to Norman ranked No. 18 in the lastest GymInfo poll behind the strong performances of all-arounder Adrianne Perry. The former Big 12 Newcomer of the Year has six all-around titles on the year, including a win in the matchup with Oklahoma in Columbia, Mo., earlier this season.

Led by sophomore Nikki Dilbert's five event wins in 2008, the Cyclones are ranked No. 32 in the nation. Dilbert has found success inside the Lloyd Noble Center already this season, posting career high's on vault (9.875) and beam (9.825) in the ISU loss to the Sooners on Feb. 15.

Leading the way for OU was five-time senior All-American Kiara Redmond-Sturms who earned a spot on vault, uneven bars, beam and floor exercise. The Los Angeles, Calif., native was the only Big 12 gymnast to garner four accolades.

DeProspero and Hinkis made the list for the second consecutive year as the two were both awarded first-team honors last season. The announcement also marks the second consecutive year Jackson has garnered the award as the Hudsonville, Mich., native was a second-team member in 2007.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ONE MORE TIME FOR GOOD MEASURESooner gymnasts Kiara Redmond-Sturms and Haley DeProspero were honored as Big 12 Gymnast and Event Specialist of the Week, respectively, the conference office announced on March 25.

The announcement marked the final weekly conference awards of the 2008 regular season, and OU gymnasts have garnered 15 of the 22 awards including Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honors in eight of a possible 11 weeks.

The announcement marked the sixth time this season that Oklahoma has won both conference awards during the same week.

Redmond-Sturms claimed a share of all four event titles at Minnesota en route to the all-around title while DeProspero played a pivotal role in the Sooners' 18th-straight win with her 9.9 on beam after Oklahoma had already recorded two falls on the apparatus. Entering the meet ranked fourth in the country (first in the Big 12) on the event, the junior took home a share of the beam title with Redmond-Sturms. It was the eighth event title this season for the McKinney, Texas, native who also finished fourth on floor against the Golden Gophers (9.825).- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -RECORD BREAKERFive-time All-American Kiara Redmond-Sturms garnered her seventh Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honor on March 25, setting a conference high for single season weekly accolades. She broke the record of NU's Richelle Simpson who garnered six GOTW honors as a junior in 2003. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'Through 12 events in 2008, Los Angeles, Calif., native Kiara Redmond-Sturms is having the kind of season any gymnast would dream about. The five-time All-American won her 10th all-around title against Minnesota on March 22. Redmond-Sturms scored a 39.55 in the all-around against the Golden Gophers, her fourth-best score of the year but a mark that still outpaced all other season highs for Big 12 all-arounder competitors. The senior has netted a Big 12-leading 41 individual titles in 2008, outpacing all conference gymnasts by at least 13.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -NATIONALLY KNOWN NAMESIndividually, Redmond-Sturms holds the second spot in the country in the all-around rankings with an RQS average of 39.555, besting all conference opponents. Redmond-Sturms (9.935 - second) and Haley DeProspero (9.895 - fourth) both hold top-five rankings on floor and balance beam, respectively.

On floor, Jackie Flanery stands 24th in the country, teaming up with Redmond-Sturms (second) as the duo are both ranked in the top 25 in the event.

The 2003 World Champion on bars, Vise was a member of the `03 squad that claimed the USA's first world team title.

An International Elite gymnast since the age of 11, Vise was a two-time National Champion on bars and balance beam and won a silver medal in the all-around at the same competition on three occasions.

A member of the U.S. National Team for six years, the Dallas, Texas, native won two bronze medals at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Australia.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -VISE GARNERS EVENT SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK HONORSThe Dallas, Texas, native capped off an already exciting afternoon, in which she was named the USAG Hall of Fame, by winning Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week honors for her performance against TWU.

The selection marked the third time this season that the conference has named Vise the recipient of the award.

The Dallas, Texas, native played a vital role in the No. 10 Sooners remaining undefeated on the year (15-0), winning the bars title with a career-high-tying score of 9.875 and a share of the beam title with all-around winner and teammate Kiara Redmond-Sturms (9.825). The two event honors marked the second time this season that Vise has won multiple titles during a single meet.

An OU athlete garnered gymnast of the week honors for five consecutive weeks.

Hitting the perfect mark, Redmond-Sturms became the first woman in OU gymnastics history to post two perfect 10.00s in a career. It was only the ninth 10.00 in school history and just the second perfect score in the NCAA this season. The Los Angeles, Calif., native has garnered six all-around titles and 19 event honors already this season.

Competing in every event for just the fourth time in her career, Jackson posted career highs in the all-around (39.275) and on floor (9.9) against the Cornhuskers, while also matching a career best on bars (9.825). Jackson started the night off right by setting a season high on vault (9.825) in OU's first rotation, unveiling a new vault for the first time.

Redmond-Sturms won her third all-around title of the season with a career-high 39.65, the second-highest mark in OU women's gymnastics history. Highlighted by a career-high 9.95 in the win on the floor exercise, the Los Angeles, Calif., native also earned event titles on bars and vault against the Pioneers.

Capped off by career high's in both events, Vise finished second on beam (9.9) to teammate Redmond-Sturms and third on the uneven bars (9.825) against TWU to earn her first weekly honor. The Dallas, Texas, native's 9.9 on beam tied for the highest non-OU beam score this season in the Big 12.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -REST AND RELAXATIONWith the promising starts of Ratcliff, the Sooners were able to rest senior Caitlin Hinkis and junior Jessica Kinder, who both were recovering from injuries. Now back in competition, the two add a mature presence to numerous event line-up's for the Sooners. In her first meet back, Kinder recorded a career high-tying 9.85 on floor against TWU and a remarkable 9.8 on beam as a last-second fill-in for the injured Ashley Jackson at Missouri.

Ferguson, a Level 10 from Blue Valley High School in Olathe, Kan., trains at Eagles Gymnastics, the former club of current OU gymnast Jacqueline Flanery. Ferguson was two-time Junior Olympic Nationals beam champion and five-time J.O. Nationals qualifier. She has dominated state competition, winning the level 10 all-around title in 2005, `06 and `07 while sweeping every individual event honor all three seasons as well.

Kelley enters the OU program as a four-time U.S. National Team member. The senior elite gymnast from Katy, Texas, has found success on both the international and national stage, finishing second in the all-around of the 2006 Visa Championships, after capturing the all-around title a year prior in the junior division of the Visa Championships. In her `06 Visa Championships runner-up finish, Kelley finished second on the uneven bars and beam, and fourth on the floor exercise. Kelley shared all-around honors at the 2006 U.S. Classic, placing first on the uneven bars, second on vault and fourth on beam and floor. At the 2007 Visa Championships, Kelley finished 10th in the all-around after placing sixth on the beam and ninth on the uneven bars. On the International stage, Kelley won the all-around title at the 2007 Houston International Invitational, placing first on the beam, floor, uneven bars, and second on the vault. The 17-year old placed second at the 2007 Tyson American Cup and fourth in the all-around of the `07 USA vs. Great Britain International Competition in Lisburn, Ireland. She also captured all-around titles at both the `05 Junior Gymnastics Competition in Yohohama, Japan, and the Olympiad Elite in Ensenada, Mexico, a year prior. Kelley helped the U.S. squad to a silver medal at the 2006 World Championships as a finalist on floor.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Stone is a member of Metroplex Gymnastics where she is coached by Bryan Streeter, Dave Marus, and Jana and Marcus Harlin. The Spring Creek Academy senior and junior elite gymnast is a two-time qualifier for the U.S. Classic. She won the all-around title at the 2005 Metroplex Challenge and won the beam title at the 2006 level 10 Texas state competition.

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